Ibhendi yaqala izimpande zayo emuva ngo-1981: kwase kuthi uDavid Deface (umculi ocula yedwa nomdlali wekhibhodi), uJack Starr (umshayi wesigingci onekhono) noJoey Ayvazian (umshayi wezigubhu) banquma ukuhlanganisa ubuciko babo. Umshayi wesiginci nomshayi wezigubhu bebesebhendini eyodwa. Iphinde yanquma ukushintsha umdlali we-bass ngomdlali omusha uJoe O'Reilly. Ekwindla ka-1981, uhlu lwakhiwe ngokugcwele futhi kwamenyezelwa igama elisemthethweni leqembu - "Virgin steele".
Abafana bakha inguqulo yesilingo ye-albhamu kwirekhodi amasonto amathathu. Baqala ukuyithumela ezinkampanini zokuqopha namamagazini omculo (kamuva le albhamu yayizoba eyokuqala kwabo). Umsebenzi wabafana awuzange ube yize, futhi impendulo yokuqala enhle mayelana nomsebenzi yeza eqenjini. Amarekhodi e-Srapnel anikezelwe ukungeza ingoma eyodwa eqoqweni le-US Metal, Volume II labaculi balesi sitayela.
Ngemva kokukhululwa kweqoqo elinjalo, abalaleli babefuna ukuzwa izingoma eziningi ezivela ku-Virgin steele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwakhululwa ezinye izinguqulo ezimbili zamaqoqo ngokubamba iqhaza kwabafana. Izilaleli zikhulume kahle ngengoma ethi "Queensryche" nethi "Metallica". Konke lokhu kuholele ekutheni iqembu lisayine inkontileka nenkampani yaseNgilandi esencane i-Music for Nations.
Laba bafana bakhiphe i-albhamu yokuqala egcwele ngokusakazwa okuhle. Ithimba laqala ukuvakasha lizungezwe amabhendi omculo wodumo. Ngokwesibonelo, lena Motorhead, Krokus, The Rods nabanye.
Ukuphakama Kweqoqo Le-Virgin Steele
U-Virgin Steele usebenze kanzima futhi watshala imali emisebenzini yabo, okuholele ekutheni i-albhamu egcwele "Virgin Steele" ngonyaka nje womsebenzi wabafana. Ngenxa yokwanda kokuthandwa kokungezwani, kuqubuke izingxabano ekuqanjweni kwayo. Enye yazo yaholela ekuhambeni kwesigingci uJack Starr, owakhetha ukuqhubeka nendlela yakhe futhi azakhele eyedwa.
Esikhundleni salokho, u-Edward Pursino wathatha izintambo. Kamuva akazibonakalisanga nje njengesigingci esinekhono, kodwa futhi wabhala izingoma ngesizathu esivamile. Kwanyusa umoya wokuhlangana kwabafana. Bakwazile ukudala i-albhamu yabo ehamba phambili ebizwa ngokuthi "Noble savage".
Ngemva kwalokho, kwase kuyisikhathi sohambo olude nolunzima. Ngesikhathi ibhendi yashintsha inkampani yokuqopha kanye nabaphathi. Umculi ohamba phambili weqembu, uDavid, wakwazi ngisho nokuzama yena njengomdidiyeli. Futhi ngo-1988, abaculi bathola isikhathi namandla okwenza i-disc entsha.
Kwenye ikhonsathi, umdlali we-bass akakwazanga ukudlala ngenxa yempilo ebuthaka. Esikhundleni sakhe kwathathwa uDeface noPursino. Kamuva, u-O'Reilly wayezoba nezingxabano nomphathi. Ngenxa yalokho, waxoshwa eqenjini.
iphrojekthi enkulu
Abaculi babe nesikhathi esinzima sokudala kusukela eminyakeni engu-88 kuya kwengu-92, ehlanganiswe nobunzima bangaphakathi. Izingoma ezintsha azizange zidalwe, iqembu linyathele endaweni eyodwa. Konke kwashintsha lapho umdlali webhesi omusha nothembisayo, uRob DeMartino, enezelwa ohlwini.
U-Virgin steele waphefumula kakhulu futhi waqala ukusebenza kanzima ephrojekthi entsha. Irekhodi elisha lakhululwa entwasahlobo ka-1993 elibizwa ngokuthi "Impilo phakathi kwamanxiwa". Ehlobo lalo nyaka ofanayo, abaculi baya emakhonsathini kulo lonke elaseYurophu njengabaphambili njengesenzo sokuvula ngaphambi kokudlalwa kwezinye izihlabani.
Lolu hambo lube yimpumelelo impela futhi lwanikeza ibhendi amandla nogqozi lokudala i-disc ecabangayo nephelele ezingxenyeni ezimbili ezinomqondo ogqamile. Kodwa ukukhululwa okuhlosiwe kwehlulekile, ngoba ngobusuku bokukhishwa kokugcina kwe-disc, uRob DeMartino washiya iqembu ukuze ajoyine iqembu le-Rainbow. Futhi manje izingxenye zakhe zomculo zase zizodlalwa iziginci uDavid Deface no-Edward Pursino.
Kodwa nokho abaculi bawunqoba lo msebenzi. Bakhiphe ingxenye yokuqala ethi The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell ekuqaleni kuka-1995. Le disc kwaba impumelelo emsebenzini "Virgin steele". Unqobe abalandeli, abalandeli bamkhonze, nodumo lweqembu lwasabalala yonke indawo.
Ngokushesha umdlali we-bass wabuyela emgqeni, okwenza kwaba nokwenzeka ukuqala ngokushesha ukwakha ingxenye yesibili yephrojekthi evele ihlaba umxhwele. Nokho, isigubhu Joey Ayvazian ngokushesha wanquma ukushiya iqembu, owayefuna ukushiya ngokuphelele show ibhizinisi. Ngokushesha uFrank Gilchrist wathathwa esikhundleni sakhe. Nakuba umsebenzi engxenyeni yesibili ye-disc ethi "Umshado Wezulu Nesihogo" umisiwe, ibhendi yaqhubeka nokwazisa umbono wokuwuqopha. Ngakho, irekhodi elibizwa ngokuthi "Invictus" lakhululwa.
Abaculi manje
Ngemva konyaka, abafana bakha i-disc ebabazekayo ethi "The House Of Atreus", eyaba yingxenye yokuqala ye-opera ngesitayela sensimbi. I-disc yesibili nayo yadalwa ngaphandle kokulibala okukhulu ngo-2000, futhi ngemva kokukhululwa kwayo, u-Virgin Steele wanquma ukushintsha i-bassist futhi. Manje sekunguJoshua Block.
Ngo-2002, kwahlanganiswa amaqoqo amabili, ahlanganisa amahithi adlule futhi aqoshwa ngomsindo omusha. Baphinde bafaka izingoma ezingakakhishwa phambilini. Amaqoqo athi "Hymns To Victory" nethi "The Book Of Burning" amukelwe ngemfudumalo abalandeli nabathandi bebhendi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngo-2006 "Imibono yase-Edene" yabhalwa, lapho umculi ocula yedwa wadala amathrekhi amaningi amasha. I-albhamu elandelayo yakhululwa ngo-2010 ngaphansi kwegama elithi "The Black Light Bacchanalia". Okwamanje, umsebenzi wakamuva othi "Nocturnes of Hellfire & Damnation", okhishwe ngo-2015.
